General Information | Contact Us
The Hospital Ministry Department provides spiritual care to patients in Fort Worth’s downtown hospitals. Our Chaplains administer the following Sacraments: Anointing of the Sick, Holy Eucharist, Reconciliation and Baptism. Chaplains may be reached 24 hours a day via our answering service.
If you need a Priest or Chaplain at one of the
local hospitals call 817-294-6360.
Our Mission
Our mission is to be a channel of grace to bring the healing power of God to patients and other persons we visit at hospitals in center-city Fort Worth. We do this by direct visitation, sacramental ministry, prayer, compassionate presence, counsel and referral.
Requests for Hospital Visitations
If you want yourself or a loved one to be visited by a Catholic chaplain or lay hospital minister while you are in the hospital, you must list your religious preference and designate your desire for a visit. Otherwise those ministers will not know you are in the hospital and may be prevented from visiting you, even if they do learn that you are a patient. This change in procedure is due to the implementation of federal regulations growing out of a 1996 law, the HIPAA (Health and Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), intended to protect the privacy of patient records. If the patient is incapacitated or otherwise unable to speak for themselves in this matter, the person registering them can make the designation.
Hospitals Visited:
- Baylor All Saints Medical Center
- Cook Children’s Medical Center (682) 885-4000
- Cook’s Resident Chaplain
- Rev. Rafael Eagle, TOR (682) 885-4030
- Harris Methodist Hospital
- John Peter Smith Hospital
- Plaza Medical Center
- Kindred Hospital
Become a Lay Minister
We offer training for lay ministers to prepare them for visiting patients in the hospitals and for visiting persons in nursing homes and those who are home bound. We also offer speakers for various topics especially anointing of the sick and death and dying issues.
For information call (817) 560-3300 Ext. 255 or call Deacon Bruce Corbett at (817) 880-5479.
Chaplains & Lay Ministers
The Full-time Chaplains:
- Rev. George Thennattil, TOR
- Rev. Philip Brembah
- Deacon Bruce Corbett
Other On-call Ministers:
Contacts
Deacon Bruce Corbett
Hospital Chaplain
(817) 880-5479
brucecorbett@fwdioc.org
Rev. Philip Boateng Brembah
Hospital Chaplain
(817) 472-5181
Rev. George Thennattil, TOR
Hospital Chaplain
(817) 294-6360
Deacon Don Warner
Director of Hospital Ministry
(817) 560-2452, Ext. 302
dwarner@fwdioc.org